What I'm listening to...

Hey,

I'm always intrigued when famous people, particularly musicians, are interviewed and they say what's on their iPod or in their CD player. TIME Magazine sometimes asks people this in Q and A interviews. I don't know, I guess it gives me some glimpse of their personalities, since I believe music reveals a lot about a person.

See my Boston Globe column for my insights on this. (You have to scroll down a bit to see the essay)

http://www.boston.com/jobs/globe/view_cube/archive/062004.shtml

Anyway, I thought I'd share a playlist of what I'm listening to on my iPod, which isn't really an iPod, but a Dell mp3 player that the company stopped making after about two years because I'm surmising it wasn't profitable anymore.

This isn't representative of the range of stuff in my music library - it doesn't include Handel or Hall and Oates, for instance - but it's been a list good enough to keep my interest for the last month or two.

James Taylor: "Nothin' Like a Hundred Miles"

David Gray: "Say Hello Wave Goodbye"

Coldplay: "The Scientist"

Cake: "I Will Survive"

Foo Fighters: "Ain't It the Life"

Wallflowers: "Angel on My Bike"

Norah Jones: "One Flight Down"

Rob Thomas: "Streetcorner Symphony"

Gomez: "See the World"

Leroy: "Good Time"

Martin Sexton: "Happy"

Brett Dennen: "Ain't No Reason"

John Mayer: "Waiting on the World to Change"

Clem Snide: "Moment in the Sun"

Five for Fighting: "Easy Tonight"

Dispatch: "The General"

Ben Harper "Fight Outta You"

Joseph Arthur: "In the Sun"

Keane: "Everybody's Changing"

This particular playlist is especially good in the car, hanging out in the yard, or to listen to while drinking beer. It would also sound pretty good in my shoe store.